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Success of marriage and family life heavily depends on the capacity of the spouses to fulfill the obligations they entail. This book exposes the incompatibility of alcohol related disorders with the marital obligations and its juridical significance and social challenges. The chapters range from a scientific study on the impact of alcohol abuse and dependence on the duties of marriage, through its juridical implications, to the need for familial and social interventions. The broad range of topics it covers on alcohol will be of interest not only to those working among alcoholics and their families but also to tribunal personnel and students of law, medicine and social science.

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Jilson Panakkal, DCL: A Catholic priest, secured doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical Urban University in Rome. Apart from being the Judicial Vicar of the diocese of Kannur, he works for the rehabilitation of the alcoholics and their families. He has authored a number of articles published in various periodicals.

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